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Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

Mimulus puniceus (Nutt.) Steud.

Frost hardy, erect-branched shrub with narrowly lance-shaped, toothed, sticky leaves and leafy racemes of funnel-shaped, brick-red to orange-red flowers, to 5cm long, from spring to summer.  To 1.5m.  [RHSE, Hilliers'].

 

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘Before this beautiful plant had flowered in British collections, an opinion was current among cultivators, that the figures published from Mr. Nuttall’s drawing were much exaggerated, and that the colour of the blossoms was scarcely a shade richer than those of the old Mimulus glutinosus.  The appearance of the flowers in several gardens around London during the spring of the present year, at once dissipated this impression, and the species is now established as a most valuable acquisition.’  [MB p.221/1839].  Discovered by Nuttall, first grown by Buist of Philadelphia, and from there introduced to Britain by Lows of Clapton in 1837.  [BM t.3655/1838].

 

History at Camden Park

Listed in the 1845, 1850 and 1857 catalogues [T.391/1845].

 

Notes

Published Feb 22, 2009 - 03:00 PM | Last updated Sep 05, 2011 - 02:55 PM

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Shown are toothed, ovate leaves and red, single flowers with a white throat. Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.3655, 1838.

Mimulus puniceus (Nutt.) Steud. | BM t.3655/1838 | BHL

 

Family Scrophulariaceae
Category
Region of origin

USA and Mexico
Synonyms
  • Diplacus puniceus Nutt.
  • Diplacus glutinosus var. puniceus (Nutt.) Benth.
  • Mimulus glutinosus J.C.Wendl. var. puniceus

 
Common Name

Red bush monkey flower
Name in the Camden Park Record

Diplacus puniceus 

 
Confidence level high